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me, love me, and be delighted with me!’ And suddenly his
bosom heaved with sobs and he began to cry.
‘Are you ill?’ he heard Dessalles’ voice asking.
‘No,’ answered Nicholas, and lay back on his pillow.
‘He is good and kind and I am fond of him!’ he thought of
Dessalles. ‘But Uncle Pierre! Oh, what a wonderful man he
is! And my father? Oh, Father, Father! Yes, I will do some-
thing with which even he would be satisfied...’

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